MagaSwaga Potent Notables

Notable: Senate fails to override POTUS' veto of Yemen War Powers Resolution.

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1124017291388125184

Notable: DJT Jr. Tweet: "Must have been a real difficult job narrowing it down to only 17!"

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1123996029374930945

Notable: Shooting victim Rabbi Yisroel Chabad speaks at WH Day of Prayer, calls Trump: “A Mentsch Par Excellence”

Shooting Victim Rabbi Yisroel Chabad Speaks at WH Day of Prayer, Calls Trump: “A Mentsch Par Excellence”

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, a victim in the Poway shooting in California last Saturday, was invited by President Donald Trump to speak at the National Day of Prayer event at the White House on Thursday.

Rabbi Goldstein spoke to the religious crowd assembled at the White House. He delivered a powerful speech.

Rabbi Goldstein thanked President Trump and called him a “mentsch par excellence.”

Rabbi Goldstein: Let’s bring back a moment of silence to our public school system. I also want to thank the United States of America. I’d like to thank our dear honorable Mr. President for being as they say in Yiddish, a mentsch par excellence.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/shooting-victim-rabbi-yisroel-chabad-speaks-at-wh-day-of-prayer-calls-trump-a-mentsh-par-excellence-video/

Notable: PapaD Tweet: "I think the meeting between the President and the U.K. PM will be even more interesting now…"

New PapaD

I think the meeting between the President and the U.K. PM will be even more interesting now. The day there was a CIA op against me in London, Halper/Turk, the #2 at the U.K. ministry of foreign affairs invited me to the offices to continue to spy on me and probe me more.

https://twitter.com/georgepapa19/status/1124015537019924481?s=21

Notable: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange won’t be given ‘special treatment,’ Australian prime minister says.

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange won’t be given ‘special treatment,’ Australian prime minister says

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was arrested in London Thursday, will not be given any “special treatment,” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

Speaking to the national broadcaster on Friday, Morrison said Assange, an Australian citizen, “will get the same treatment as everybody else.”

Assange, who’s accused of one of the largest leaks of classified information in the U.S., was arrested and removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday, where he had been living for nearly seven years after seeking asylum there.

He now faces potential extradition to the U.S., which has put in a request for him. The Justice Department announced a criminal charge against Assange, accusing him of conspiring with former American army intelligence analyst, Chelsea Manning, to hack into a classified U.S. government computer.

“When Australians travel overseas and they find themselves in difficulties with the law, well, they face the judicial systems of those countries, it doesn’t matter what particular crime it is they’ve alleged to have committed. That’s the way the system works,” Morrison told ABC.

“Mr Assange will get the same support that any other Australian would … he’s not going to be given any special treatment,” he said.

WikiLeaks, set up in 2006, became renowned for publishing secret information and news leaks that have caused embarrassment for governments and public officials around the world.

Assange’s attorney confirmed Thursday that the 47-year-old was arrested on a U.S. extradition request as well as for breaching U.K. bail conditions, The Associated Press reported.

His attorney, Jennifer Robinson, said that the Australian government should do more to support Assange, according to a report by Australian broadcaster SBS News.

“It is time for the Australian government to step up and do what it should have done in 2010 when we asked them to do the first time, which is to reach out to the United States, our ally and ask this prosecution be closed,” she said, according to SBS.

“This is a matter of free speech. It is an Australian citizen who faces years, potentially decades or life in prison for having published material that the Walkley Awards gave him the most outstanding contribution to Australian journalism for,” said Robinson.

Assange sought asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over sexual assault and rape.

He consistently denied the allegations and surrendered to British police the following month and was released on bail. However, he then evaded police and fled, leading to a second warrant that was the basis for his arrest Thursday.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/12/australian-pm-scott-morrison-on-wikileaks-julian-assange-arrest.html

Notable: The President meets with Republican Members of the Senate.

POTUS SCHEDULE

2:30PM ET - The President meets with Republican Members of the Senate.'

https://t.co/OAd6sWgHSK'

https://twitter.com/esaagar/status/1124006668612841472?s=19

Notable: Elite Utah prosecutor recalled from his role as a War Crime prosecutor for the EU.

Baker-

I popped this in the bread last night and it didn't gain any traction. Seems relevant given Huber met with him yesterday and he has a past in WAR CRIMES.

Utah native David Schwendiman is leaving his job as chief war crimes prosecutor in The Hague two years before his four-year term expires because of a U.S. law that limits his tenure.

It marks the second time that Schwendiman, highly regarded as a respected and professional prosecutor, has either had to leave a critical job early or been passed over under unusual circumstances.

The first time came in 2010, when Schwendiman, a longtime prosecutor and administrator in both the Utah attorney general’s office and the U.S. attorney’s office, was yanked from consideration for the U.S. attorney for Utah post after widespread speculation he was a lock for the job.

He enjoyed strong bipartisan support from Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch and then-Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson. When his name was dropped from the list, many of his supporters were surprised.

The reasons were never disclosed, but speculation surfaced that Matheson had angered the Obama White House by casting several votes against administration-backed bills, including the health care overhaul, so the Utah Democrat’s choice for U.S. attorney was pulled as retaliation.

This time, Schwendiman’s fate is tied to a U.S. law that governs his role as a special prosecutor under the authority of the European Union.

He had been a war crimes prosecutor before — after years as a federal prosecutor in the United States — and had retired from the Justice Department.

Schwendiman resumed federal employment in 2015 with the State Department to accept the chief prosecutor position to investigate and hold accountable those who committed war crimes in Kosovo during the 1990s conflict with Serbia.

Under laws spelled out for returning retirees, he could maintain that status for only three years, but his appointment as chief war crimes prosecutor in 2016 was to a four-year term. He told The Guardian in a Feb. 28 story that the Obama administration had assured him his service would be extended so he could complete his term in The Hague.

With the change in administration, however, no such extension has been issued.

The Guardian story said that with Schwendiman’s planned March 31 departure, there seems to be a vacuum in the Kosovo court with no successor ready to take over.

In an official statement, however, Schwendiman expressed confidence that the mission will continue efficiently, and he cast no blame on the Trump administration for the reasons he is leaving.

“I have just been informed by the U.S. Department of State that my three-year term as Senior Foreign Service officer will end on 31 March, 2018,” his statement said. “As a result, my [position] as the specialist prosecutor cannot be extended. This must happen because the U.S. administration is unable to overlook my status as a retiree called back into service — something the law won’t let me change regardless how much I might want to stay.”

He praised the European Union for the speed in which it has begun its search for a new prosecutor and said the strong staff is prepared to carry on under an interim chief until that appointment is made.

”I am not resigning,” he said. “In truth, I would be delighted if U.S. law permitted me to stay. But it won’t and I must, as a consequence, and very reluctantly, leave a position that I am both proud and honored to hold.”

So the University of Utah graduate now has had to oblige decisions affecting his career on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean — neither having anything to do with his qualifications or his performance.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/03/09/rolly-elite-utah-prosecutor-once-again-loses-out-on-a-prestigious-post-through-no-fault-of-his-own/

https://faculty.utah.edu/u0032484-DAVID_J_SCHWENDIMAN/hm/index.hml

https://faculty.utah.edu/bytes/curriculumVitae.hml?id=u0032484

Notable: A highly decorated, retired Army major general has died in an accident involving his lawnmower.

https://www.wsfa.com/2019/05/01/retired-army-general-killed-lawnmower-accident-al-home/

EUFAULA, AL (WSFA) - A highly decorated, retired Army major general has died in an accident involving his lawnmower, a local coroner has confirmed.

Maj. General Eldon Bargewell was found at his home along Barbour Creek in Eufaula late Monday evening, according to Barbour County Coroner Chip Chapman. The coroner said Bargewell, 71, suffered fatal injuries after the riding lawnmower he was using overturned.

Bargewell was pronounced dead on the scene shortly after 9:30 p.m.

A native of in Tacoma, Washington, Bargewell enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1967 and spent nearly 40 years serving his country.

Bargewell served in Vietnam where he earned the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s second highest award for military valor. It was awarded for a 1971 incident in which his team came under heavy attack while on a reconnaissance mission deep inside enemy territory . Though seriously wounded, Bargewell refused medical treatment, opting instead to fight in order to get his team to safety.

According to MilitaryTimes.com, after Vietnam, Bargewell spent more than three decades commanding special operations units from team to Special Operations Command level, including as the commanding general of Special Operations Command Europe.

His final assignment while on active duty was as the Director of Strategic Operations at HQ’s Multi-National Force-Iraq in Baghdad. He retired in 2006 and moved to Alabama.

According to the U.S. military, Bargewell’s list of military decorations was extensive and included:

The Distinguished Service Cross, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Army Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal (5), Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal for valor (3), Bronze Star Medal for service (3), Purple Heart (4), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Army Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal for Valor, Army Commendation Medal for service, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal (2), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/Bronze Arrowhead, Vietnam Service Medal (7), Southwest Asia Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, NATO Medal(3), NCO Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, GWOT Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal , Presidential Unit Citation (MACV SOG-VN), Joint Meritorious Unit Citation (2), Valorous Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation, French Service Medal (Ex-Yugoslavia), Combat Infantry Badge, Master Parachutists Badge, Special Forces Tab, Ranger Tab, Military Free Fall Badge, Vietnamese HALO badge, Vietnamese, German, and Thai Parachute Badges.

He was also the recipient of the Colonel Aaron Bank award (2007), the Greater DC SOF Old and Bold Mountain Man award (2009), and the USSOCOM Bull Simons Award (2010). He was a member of Infantry Officers Candidate Hall of Fame (1997) and an enlisted Honor Graduate Ranger School (1970).

Funeral arrangements were not immediately available.

Notable: Facebook bans Paul Joseph Watson, Milo, Laura Loomer, Louis Farrakhan.

https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1124013509631774720

Notable: Israeli tanks allegedly cross DMZ and enter Syrian territory.

Eyes on anons?

Israeli tanks allegedly cross DMZ and enter Syrian territory: report

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/israeli-tanks-allegedly-cross-dmz-and-enter-syrian-territory-report/

Notable: >>6394102 Tony Shaffer: Storm is coming…and sedition is it's name…

https://twitter.com/T_S_P_O_O_K_Y/status/1124012219157626883

Notable: Obamas producing a Netflix documentary about Trump.

https://www.mexicostar.com/news/260785134/the-obamas-producing-a-netflix-documentary-about-trump

Notable: Gaetz Tweets re: F-35 and Turkey National Security issue.

>>6393929

Matt Gaetz on Turkey today:

Turkey purchasing the S-400 and acquiring the F-35 would give Russia a back door into seeing how the NATO Joint Strike Fighter works. Either Turkey must give up its aspirations for a Russian anti-air system, or risk not receiving the F-35.

https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1123987986264330240

Notable: PapaD agrees with NYTime article except that Ms. Turk was CIA and not FBI.

https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1124006816189489152

Notable: Russian, U.S. top diplomats to meet on May 6 in Finland.

Russian, U.S. top diplomats to meet on May 6 in Finland: RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov may meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on May 6 in Finland, RIA news agency reported on Thursday citing a Russian official.

Sergei Ryabkov, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, said Lavrov may meet Pompeo in the city of Rovaniemi, which would host Arctic Council ministerial meeting, RIA reported.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-meeting/russian-u-s-top-diplomats-to-meet-on-may-6-in-finland-ria-idUSKCN1S81RD?il=0

Notable: DHS releases wall related documents due to FOIA.

Dept of Homeland Security recently posted a metric ton of border wall documents that were released due to #FOIA lawsuits: https://www.dhs.gov/foia-library (It's the 4th category under "Requested Records")

9:35 AM - 2 May 2019

https://twitter.com/thememoryhole2/status/1123989440685400064

Notable: >>6393945 NYTimes: FBI Sent Investigator Posing as Assistant to Meet With PapaD in 2016.

Breaking Spygate

#BREAKING #FBI Sent Investigator Posing as Assistant to Meet With #Trump Aide in 2016 nyti.ms/2Wje49J #Spygate

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/us/politics/fbi-government-investigator-trump.html

Notable: BuzzFeedNews and James Leopold just filed two additional massive #FOIA lawsuits against, DOJ, FBI, ODNI for pretty much every document (302s, those summaries, Barr emails and more) related to Mueller's report & investigation.

NEW: @BuzzFeedNews and I just filed two additional massive #FOIA lawsuits against, DOJ, FBI, ODNI for pretty much every document (302s, those summaries, Barr emails and more) related to Mueller's report & investigation. Gonna be an epic battle. Thanks to #FOIA atty @mvtopic

9:59 AM - 2 May 2019

https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1123995335053991937

Notable: Pope comes out against Nationalism.

Nations stirring up nationalism betray their mission, pope says

https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/05/02/nations-stirring-up-nationalism-betray-their-mission-pope-says/

Notable: Tarmac article.

WHAT HAPPENED ON THE TARMAC?

What happened when Bill Clinton met then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the west side of Phoenix Sky Harbor airport between 7 and 8 PM on June 27, 2016? Just days before Hillary Rodham Clinton was to be interviewed by the FBI about her mishandling of classified emails, the former president intercepted the AG on her plane. Was it just a “casual” and “unscheduled” encounter, as the head spokesperson for the Department of Justice maintained? Or was the former president stalking Lynch to urge her to go easy on his wife?

We have a new window on what may have gone on inside Lynch’s FBI jet after it landed — the story as told by the former attorney general to lawmakers and staff of the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Her account could easily be seen as self-serving, but it was given under penalty of perjury.

Lynch was questioned behind closed doors on Dec. 19, 2018 in the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2131. The interview has remained private; no transcript of it has been released. But RealClearInvestigations has obtained a copy. In it, Lynch describes an encounter with Bill Clinton that is both perplexing and preposterous, a story that defies innocent explanation.

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/05/02/the_man_who_came_to_the_tarmac.html

Notable: >>6393587 Executive order on US cybersecurity workforce.

POTUS_Schedule

‏ @45__Schedule

Executive order on US cybersecurity workforce issued by POTUS to "better ensure continued American economic prosperity and national security."

https://twitter.com/45__Schedule/status/1123999063677046786

Notable: WSJ: Bill Barr gets smeared for refusing to duck and cover like Loretta Lynch.

>>6393492

>>6392737

A Real Attorney General

Bill Barr gets smeared for refusing to duck and cover like Loretta Lynch.

By The Editorial Board

May 1, 2019 7:11 p.m. ET

Washington pile-ons are never pretty, but this week’s political setup of Attorney General William Barr is disreputable even by Beltway standards. Democrats and the media are turning the AG into a villain for doing his duty and making the hard decisions that special counsel Robert Mueller abdicated.

Washington pile-ons are never pretty, but this week’s political setup of Attorney General William Barr is disreputable even by Beltway standards. Democrats and the media are turning the AG into a villain for doing his duty and making the hard decisions that special counsel Robert Mueller abdicated.

Mr. Barr’s Wednesday testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee was preceded late Tuesday by the leak of a letter Mr. Mueller had sent the AG on March 27. Mr. Mueller griped in the letter that Mr. Barr’s four-page explanation to Congress of the principal conclusions of the Mueller report on March 24 “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of the Mueller team’s “work and conclusions.” Only in Washington could this exercise in posterior covering be puffed into a mini-outrage.

Democrats leapt on the letter as proof that Mr. Barr was somehow covering for Donald Trump when he has covered up nothing. Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono, the Democratic answer to Rep. Louie Gohmert, accused Mr. Barr of abusing his office and lying to Congress, and demanded that he resign. The only thing she lacked was evidence.

Mr. Barr’s four-page letter couldn’t possibly have covered all the nuances of a 448-page report. It was an attempt to provide Mr. Mueller’s conclusions to Congress and the public as quickly as possible, while he took the time to work through the entire document to make redactions required by law and Justice Department rules.

This is exactly what he promised to do in his confirmation hearing. Even Mr. Mueller’s complaining letter admits that Mr. Barr’s letter wasn’t inaccurate, a fact Mr. Barr says Mr. Mueller also conceded in a subsequent phone call. The Mueller complaint, rather, was that there was “public confusion about critical aspects” of his investigation. Translation: Republicans were claiming vindication for Donald Trump, and Mr. Mueller was taking hits in the press for not nailing the worst President in history. Having been hailed for months as a combination of Eliot Ness and St. Thomas More, Mr. Mueller and his team of prosecutors seem to have been unnerved by some bad press clips.

Mr. Barr told the Senate Wednesday that he offered Mr. Mueller the chance to review his four-page letter before sending it to Congress, but the special counsel declined. Mr. Mueller worked for Mr. Barr, and that was the proper time to offer suggestions or disagree. Instead, Mr. Mueller ducked that responsibility and then griped in an ex-post-facto letter that was conveniently leaked on the eve of Mr. Barr’s testimony. Quite the stand-up guy.

Mr. Barr has since released the full Mueller report with minor redactions, as he promised, and with the “context” intact. Keep in mind Mr. Barr was under no legal obligation to release anything at all. Mr. Mueller reports only to Mr. Barr, not to the country or Congress.

Mr. Barr has also made nearly all of the redactions in the report available to senior Members of Congress to inspect at Justice. Yet as of this writing, only three Members have bothered—Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and ranking House Republican on Judiciary Doug Collins. Not one Democrat howling about Mr. Barr’s lack of transparency has examined the outrages they claim are hidden.

Democrats are also upset that Mr. Barr concluded that Mr. Trump did not obstruct justice regarding the Russia probe. But in that decision too Mr. Barr was behaving as an Attorney General should. Mr. Mueller compiled a factual record but shrank from a “prosecutorial judgment.” Mr. Barr then stepped up and made the call, however unpopular with Democrats and the press.

1/2

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-real-attorney-general-11556752279

Notable: President Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to world-renowned golfer Tiger Woods.

Tiger getting the medal of freedom

President Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to world-renowned golfer Tiger Woods on Monday, May 6 in the White House Rose Garden. The event will be invitation only and covered by the press.

Notable: First lawsuit against company operating in Cuba is filed under Title III.

First Lawsuit Against Company Operating In Cuba Is Filed Under Title III

https://news.wjct.org/post/first-lawsuit-against-company-operating-cuba-filed-under-title-iii

Notable: EU threatening USA now about Cuba.

>>6392995

EU threatening USA now about Cuba

https://www.rt.com/news/458186-us-cuba-embargo-eu-unlawful/>>6392995

Notable: DJT Tweet: "As we unite on this day of prayer, we renew our resolve to protect communities of faith – and ensure that ALL of our people can live, pray and worship IN PEACE. #NationalDayOfPrayer"

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1123994587603841027

https://www.pscp.tv/w/b5sYGzFvTlFsTFJub1dwUXd8MXZPR3dxemViUW14QhDpmlmScugqoickU2KuVUePB3eGp8RTqhOl7cPcdgO3?t=13m5s

Notable: At National Day of Prayer, Pence reads quote that Q dropped.

>>6393149

>>6393149

White House release video of VP

At National Day of Prayer, Pence reads quote that Q dropped

Notable: Karate Kid Wikipedia page.

>>6392995

Karate Kid Wikipedia Page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karate_Kid

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oP2F5CM30k

Notable: DJT Tweet: "Steve Moore, a great pro-growth economist and a truly fine person, has decided to withdraw from the Fed process…"

New DJT’s

Steve Moore, a great pro-growth economist and a truly fine person, has decided to withdraw from the Fed process. Steve won the battle of ideas including Tax Cuts….

….and deregulation which have produced non-inflationary prosperity for all Americans. I’ve asked Steve to work with me toward future economic growth in our Country.

https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1123987855053873154?s=21

Notable: Trump Judicial train rolls on With Texas, Alabama Picks.

Trump Judicial Train Rolls on With Texas, Alabama Picks

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-judicial-train-rolls-on-with-texas-alabama-picks

Texas Deputy Solicitor General J. Campbell Barker, Alabama Solicitor General Andrew Brasher confirmed

California Democrat and 2002 presidential candidate Kamala Harris calls nominees “extreme”

J. Campbell Barker, who challenged Obama-era immigration and health policies for the state of Texas, was one of two Donald Trump nominees confirmed to the federal bench on Wednesday.

The Senate cleared the state deputy solicitor general for a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas by a vote of 51 to 47. It then confirmed Alabama Solicitor General Andrew Brasher for the Middle District of Alabama, 52 to 47.

They were the first in a string of district court nominees scheduled for votes this week with the Republican-led Senate ramping up judicial confirmations after returning from its spring recess.

Trump could surpass the century mark for judicial confirmations, if all nominees on the docket this week are confirmed, as expected. This total includes his two Supreme Court appointments.

Sen. Kamala Harris of California, a member of the Judiciary Committee and a 2020 presidential candidate who has clashed with the White House over judicial nominations, took aim at both Barker and Brasher on Twitter.

They are “two extreme judicial nominees who have opposed women’s reproductive rights, as well as LGBTQ” and immigrant rights, she said.

Three nominees are scheduled for confirmation votes on Thursday.

Rodolfo Ruiz, nominated to the Southern District of Florida;

Raul Arias-Marxuach, nominated to the District of Puerto Rico;

and Joshua Wolson, nominated to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Voter ID, Gerrymandering

Barker has been a deputy solicitor general since 2015, and helped Texas obtain a nationwide injunction against the Obama administration’s immigration policy known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans.

He also defended Texas’s law requiring photo identification for voters and supported a challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

Brasher has argued three times at the Supreme Court, including a defense of Alabama in a lawsuit alleging racial gerrymandering.

The American Bar Association gave Barker its highest rating of “Well Qualified” and rated Brasher as “Qualified.”

Trump has appointed 59 district judges, 37 appeals court judges and two U.S. Supreme Court justices to date.

Barker clerked for federal judges in two circuits, who were appointed by presidents from different political parties.

He clerked for Second Circuit Judge John M. Walker Jr. while he was the chief of the court. Walker was appointed by Republican President George H.W. Bush.

Barker also clerked for William C. Bryson of the Federal Circuit. Bryson was appointed by Democratic President Bill Clinton.

Brasher clerked for Eleventh Circuit Judge William H. Pryor Jr., who was appointed by Republican President George W. Bush.

More info & these images: https://www.heritage.org/judicialtracker

Notable: U.S. first-quarter productivity strongest since 2014, labor costs subdued.

U.S. first-quarter productivity strongest since 2014, labor costs subdued

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. worker productivity increased at its fastest pace in more than four years in the first quarter, depressing labor costs and suggesting inflation could remain benign for a while.

The report from the Labor Department on Thursday came on the heels of data this week showing moderate wage growth in the first quarter and a key inflation measure posting its smallest annual gain in 14 months in March.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady and signaled little desire to adjust monetary policy anytime soon. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told reporters the moderation in price pressures was likely due to transient factors, and predicted inflation would rise back to the U.S. central bank’s 2 percent target.

“The pickup in productivity has provided businesses an outlet from rising compensation costs as the labor market has tightened,” said Sarah House, a senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina. “The overall trend in labor costs remains comfortably under 2 percent and suggests rising labor costs are not about to drive inflation up above the Fed’s target.”

Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, increased at a 3.6 percent annualized rate in the last quarter. That was the strongest pace since the third quarter of 2014. Data for the fourth quarter was revised down to show productivity rising at a pace of 1.3 percent instead of the previously reported 1.9 percent rate.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast first-quarter productivity would advance at a 2.2 percent rate. The acceleration in productivity was flagged by a surge in gross domestic product growth in the January-March period. The economy grew at a 3.2 percent rate in the first three months of the year after expanding at a 2.2 percent pace in the fourth quarter.

U.S. stocks were trading higher while prices of U.S. Treasuries were mostly lower. The dollar rose slightly against a basket of currencies. The trend in productivity is improving. Compared to the first quarter of 2018, productivity increased at a rate of 2.4 percent, the best performance since the third quarter of 2010.

The strong pace of productivity suppressed growth in labor costs, a potential boost to corporate profits.

Unit labor costs, the price of labor per single unit of output, fell at a 0.9 percent rate in the first quarter after increasing at a 2.5 percent rate in the prior quarter. Compared to the first quarter of 2018, labor costs grew at a 0.1 percent rate, the weakest pace since the fourth quarter of 2013.

Hourly compensation increased at a 2.6 percent rate, slowing from the fourth quarter’s brisk 3.9 percent pace. Hourly compensation increased at a 2.5 percent rate compared to the first quarter of 2018.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-idUSKCN1S819S

Notable: New Great Awakening cover.

>>6392799

Notable: PF report KC-135R call sign QID43

Interesting plane call sign QID43.

KC-135R NE of London.

Q

Notable: US MARINES TODAY From Dusk til’ Dawn

>>6392515

US MARINES TODAY

From Dusk til’ Dawn

Staff Sgt. James W. Harris drives onto range 220 during Integrated Training Exercise 2-19 @CombatCenterPAO. https://t.co/Yj7MUf7mBv

Notable: Trump Fed Board pick Stephen Moore tells Bloomberg News he's "all in".

https://twitter.com/45__Schedule/status/1123961720123416576

POTUS_Schedule

‏ @45__Schedule

40m40 minutes ago

Trump Fed Board pick Stephen Moore tells Bloomberg News he's "all in".

“I talked to the White House yesterday,” and “They’re all in.”

Notable: >>6392331 Pugh resigning/resigned amid FBI, state investig into 'Healthy Holly' book

NEWS

Baltimore mayor expected to resign Thursday amid FBI, state investigations into 'Healthy Holly' book

https://www.foxnews.com/us/baltimore-mayor-catherine-pugh-resign-healthy-holly

Notable: some DS presser pics, for memefags, Dems scared AF

Sealing their fate? Can they claim ignorance?

What a display…

The world is watching!

Notable: FIREWORKS Erupt On House JC Two Days In A Row

FIREWORKS Erupt On House Judiciary Committee Two Days In A Row

WASHINGTON – Although Attorney General Bill Barr decided not to appear before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday, it did not stop fireworks from erupting two days in a row when members debated about the hearing format, procedure, as well as the treatment of Republican members.

Chairman Jerry Nadler appeared to lose control of his own committee on Wednesday when Republican members called him out for not recognizing Republican members at various times during the hearing.

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Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, a former chairman of the committee repeatedly called to be recognized while Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert called the hearing a “kangaroo court” and said he was not surprised that Barr did not want to appear before the committee the following day.

The debate spilled over into Thursday’s hearing when members of the committee faced an empty witness chair intended for AG Barr. Ranking member Doug Collins excoriated Committee Democrats for disrespecting minority member rights on the committee the previous night while attempting to create an impeachment like atmosphere.

https://kerrypicket.com/fireworks-erupt-house-judiciary-committee-two-days-row/

Notable: anon's dig on Robert Hannigan and Q post #3327

Best article so far from 2017 talking about a connection between Flynn and Hannigan's sudden resignation.

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/is-there-more-to-the-flynn-story/

Notable: Army Chief of Staff Nomination Hearings to examine the nomination of General James C. McConville, USA…

Army Chief of Staff Nomination

https://twitter.com/PDShinkman/status/1123949248599547904

Gen. McConville, nom for Army CoS, testifies before SASC w/ family behind him, R-L: Son, just promoted to captain this morning, daughter who appears to serve in a medical corps, son-in-law just completed Ranger School, son, aviator, and his wife, whom he praised for her support

9:55 AM - 2 May 2019

MAY 2, 2019

Armed Services

Hearings to examine the nomination of General James C. McConville, USA, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff of the Army.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?460195-1/armed-services&vod

Audio 25:51

Notable: Sarah Sanders Rips Dems Over Barr Senate Hearing, House No-Show: They ‘Embarrassed Themselves’

>>6391513

>>6391440

>>6391420

https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1123945330796572672

Sarah Sanders Rips Dems Over Barr Senate Hearing, House No-Show: They ‘Embarrassed Themselves’

http://mediaite.com/a/vphdv

9:40 AM - 2 May 2019

Notable: Rep. Steve Cohen brought a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken to today's hearing, apparently to suggest that Barr is afraid to testify.

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1123942762586488832

Rep. Steve Cohen brought a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken to today's hearing, apparently to suggest that Barr is afraid to testify.

Notable: POTUS_Schedule twat w/CAP: @PressSec says @JerryNadler is “incapable of holding power,”…

https://twitter.com/45__Schedule/status/1123941897830129664

.@PressSec says @JerryNadler is “incapable of holding power,” and that if he’s not capable of asking the attorney general questions, he should step down or resign.

9:26 AM - 2 May 2019

Notable: Huber meets with former War Crimes prosecutor

Huber meets with former War Crimes prosecutor

https://twitter.com/DUTnews/status/1123716538249424906

Notable: Trump Justice Dept offers first arguments to strike down ObamaCare

Habbenings

#BREAKING: Trump Justice Dept offers first arguments to strike down ObamaCare

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/441760-justice-department-offers-first-arguments-to-strike-down-obamacare

Notable: Rep Mark Meadows twat w/CAP: What we’re seeing this week in real time is Democrats’ desperate search for a political consolation prize.

https://twitter.com/RepMarkMeadows/status/1123935221429211136

Notable: Hillary calling for China to illegally hack into POTUS tax returns

Lock her up

#Hillary calling for China to illegally hack into #Trump’s tax returns

https://www.rt.com/usa/458192-clinton-china-hacking-trump/

Notable: Gillibrand’s First Major 2020 Proposal: Give Voters $600 Worth of ‘Democracy Dollars’

https://freebeacon.com/politics/gillibrands-first-major-2020-proposal-give-voters-600-worth-of-democracy-dollars/?

Gillibrand’s First Major 2020 Proposal: Give Voters $600 Worth of ‘Democracy Dollars’

Campaign doesn't say how much it would cost

en. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) has released a proposal she says will clean up American elections by allocating "Democracy Dollars" for voters to give to their desired candidates.

Under Gillibrand's proposal, those who wanted to participate could request up to $600 from the FEC and spend up to $200 each on House, Senate, and presidential races. They would only be allowed to donate to House and Senate races in their own state, although they could give to a House race outside their home district.

This is the best this bitch can cum up with.

Notable: anon opines on state of China's 'hold' on its population

Good morning anon….. I think I just figure out what the good guy have in store for…… China!

For those not aware of the situation in China here is a quick run down:

The CCP grasp on the Chinese people is slipping!

The CCP as Problems…… The veteran of the PLA are protesting and getting beat up by the police, and Political apparatchik attack them with impunity. They get arrested and send to prison for a Very long time. An oppressive communist regime like the CCP depend on it's military to enforce it's rule. Imagine the day where the Military will be called to "Police" military veteran?!? Will the younger one beat up the old?

>China’s 57 million ex-military personnel have been fighting for years for a better deal in retirement.

Now let take a look at Hong Kong

>Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Hong Kong on Sunday to protest planned changes to the city's extradition law. Many believe new rules facilitating the sending of suspects to China would effectively allow Beijing to grab people at will and thereby completely control the city. "You will be screwed," said a marcher, a law clerk, to Reuters.

>The turnout was high — organizers said 130,000 people took part — in part because the demonstration followed the sentencing of democracy activists for their role in the massive "Occupy Central" protests in 2014. On Wednesday, a lower court handed out prison terms of between eight to 16 months to four of the "Umbrella Nine." Three others received suspended sentences. One person was given 200 hours of community service.

>The eight individuals — the sentencing of a ninth person was postponed for medical reasons — were convicted of public nuisance offenses in a closely watched proceeding on April 9. The prosecution of the 9 figures was seen, both in Hong Kong and elsewhere, as a sign of Beijing tightening its control over the city.

The more the CCP try to oppress the people in Hog Kong the more they resist. The CCP will have no other choice than to turn to Full time oppression if they want to remain in control. And in the meantime Taiwan is embolden in it's defiance.

=Economy build on Fraud and debt!==

>The immense size of Kangmei’s restatement, described by one securities lawyer as unprecedented for China, puts a spotlight on disclosure practices in a country where companies are defaulting at a record pace and several instances of questionable accounting have emerged in recent months. The issue has become increasingly important for global investors and securities firms as they gain unprecedented access to China’s gargantuan stock and bond markets.

>"Investors have to be more careful about Chinese firms’ reporting," said Andrew Lam, a director at BDO, an international accounting firm. "They will have to do real homework, examining closely companies' financial reporting for any potential irregularities."

>The China Securities Regulatory Commission, which in recent years has been pushing the nation’s stock exchanges to delist companies that provide inaccurate disclosures, didn’t immediately reply to a faxed request for comment. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.5 percent at 1:36 p.m. local time.

That is a 44 Billions $$$ Fraud…. And many more are on the way……..

The China is on it's way to regime change!

Sauce:

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-sentences-military-veterans-protesting-62502300

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2152247/chinese-military-veterans-rally-better-welfare-ends

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-01/dark-days-hong-kong

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-30/chinese-drugmaker-discloses-44-billion-accounting-fraud

Notable: India braces for its worst storm this century as 125mph cyclone barrels towards the country…

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6984527/India-braces-worst-storm-century-125mph-cyclone-barrels-country.html

Notable: POTUS_Schedule twat w/CAP: 339 pages of emails from Nellie Ohr's private account to Department of Justice (DOJ) email account, have been released under a FOIA

https://twitter.com/45__Schedule/status/1123908785683169281

POTUS_Schedule

‏ @45__Schedule

2m2 minutes ago

339 pages of emails from Nellie Ohr's private account to Department of Justice (DOJ) email account, have been released under a FOIA request by the conservative legal group Judicial Watch @JudicialWatch .

#POTUS_Schedule

Judicial Watch Uncovers DOJ Records Showing Numerous Bruce Ohr Communications with Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele

MARCH 07, 2019

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-uncovers-doj-records-showing-numerous-bruce-ohr-communications-with-fusion-gps-and-christopher-steele/

Ohr Repeatedly Thanked Steele for ‘Updates’ and Assures Steele he will ‘Pass this [Information] along to my Colleagues’

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received 339 pages of heavily redacted records from the U.S. Department of Justice which reveal that former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr remained in regular contact with former British spy and Fusion GPS contractor Christopher Steele after Steele was terminated by the FBI in November 2016 for revealing to the media his position as an FBI confidential informant.

The records show that Ohr served as a go-between for Steele by passing along information to “his colleagues” on matters relating to Steele’s activities. Ohr also set up meetings with Steele, regularly talked to him on the telephone and provided him assistance in dealing with situations Steele was confronting with the media.

Judicial Watch obtained the records through a March 2018 Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed after the Justice Department failed to respond a December 2017 request Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:18-cv-00490)). The lawsuit seeks:

All records of contact or communication, including but not limited to emails, text messages, and instant chats between Bruce Ohr and any of the following individuals/entities: former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele; owner of Fusion GPS Glenn Simpson; and any other employees or representatives of Fusion GPS.

All travel requests, authorizations and expense reports for Bruce Ohr.

All calendar entries for Bruce Ohr.

Notable: POTUS_Schedule twat w/CAP: Rep. Jerry Nadler threatens to issue a citation to hold Attorney General Bill Barr in contempt..

https://twitter.com/45__Schedule/status/1123878551252602880

POTUS_Schedule

‏ @45__Schedule

Rep. Jerry Nadler threatens to issue a citation to hold Attorney General Bill Barr in contempt if he does not agree to a new date and time to testify in front of the House within the next 2 days.

#POTUS_Schedule

Notable: POTUS_Schedule twat w/CAP: AG Bill Barr, in hearing, says he's working closely with FBI Director Wray to determine "exactly what went down"

https://twitter.com/45__Schedule/status/1123848380608851969

POTUS_Schedule

‏ @45__Schedule

4h4 hours ago

AG Bill Barr, in hearing, says he's working closely with FBI Director Wray to determine "exactly what went down" in the counter-intel investigation into the Trump 2016 campaign.

#POTUS_Schedule

Notable: POTUS_Schedule twat w/CAP: FBI is investigating anti-fascist activists for an alleged plot to buy guns from a Mexican cartel…

https://twitter.com/45__Schedule/status/1123818172648439808

POTUS_Schedule

‏ @45__Schedule

"The FBI is investigating anti-fascist activists for an alleged plot to buy guns from a Mexican cartel in order to “stage an armed rebellion” at the southern border, according to an unclassified document obtained by The Chicago Tribune."

#POTUS_Schedule

FBI Investigating Antifa For Plotting To Buy Guns From Cartel For ‘Armed Rebellion’

5:55 PM 04/29/2019 | US

Rachel Stoltzfoos | Staff Reporter

https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/29/fbi-antifa-plot-armed-rebellion-cartel/

The FBI is investigating anti-fascist activists for an alleged plot to buy guns from a Mexican cartel in order to “stage an armed rebellion” at the southern border, according to an unclassified document obtained by The Chicago Tribune.

The FBI document, from December of 2018, warns of militant antifa activists planning to “disrupt security operations” at the U.S.-Mexico border. The group allegedly planned to buy guns from a Mexican cartel associate known as Cobra Commander, in order to “stage an armed rebellion at the border.”

The source who provided it to the San Diego Tribune asked the outlet not to publish the six-page document because the investigation is ongoing, and the outlet cited two additional law enforcement officials who confirmed the news. The FBI has warned dozens of law enforcement agencies in both Mexico and the United States of the alleged plot.

Two of the men named in the report told the San Diego Tribune the allegations are absurd.

“It doesn’t make any sense that someone from the United States would purchase guns in Mexico,” Ivan Reibeling, the man known as Cobra Commander, told the outlet. “And the Hondurans certainly didn’t bring money to buy guns. It doesn’t make any sense; in fact it’s extremely absurd to say the Hondurans wanted to attack the United States at the border.

The FBI sent the report marked “priority” to agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the CIA and the National Security Administration.

Antifa is known for using violent means, including in protests against peaceful conservative speakers, free speech advocates and even journalists. The well-documented instances of violence include a protester repeatedly punching a man in the face, throwing water bottles and launching fireworks at police officers and starting fires on a college campus with Molotov cocktails. The Daily Caller News Foundation’s reporting led to the arrest of an Antifa leader who stands accused of accosting and assaulting two Marines in Philadelphia.

Former Vice President Joe Biden launched his campaign for president by praising the group. He referred to a group of protesters who gathered in Charlottesville, VA, and violently confronted white nationalists “a courageous group of Americans.”

Notable: Trump invites Hungarian leader Orban to May 13 meeting

Trump invites Hungarian leader Orban to May 13 meeting

https://wset.com/news/nation-world/trump-invites-hungarian-leader-orban-to-may-13-meeting

Notable: India announces it will land on the moon in SEPTEMBER to become the fourth nation to successfully land on the lunar surface

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6984189/India-announces-land-moon-SEPTEMBER.html

Notable: >>6390852 North Korean elites' access to luxury goods appears unabated

https://www.nknews.org/2017/07/singapore-company-linked-to-n-korea-luxury-goods-trade-investigation/

Notable: Cyprus justice minister resigns over serial killer case

Cyprus justice minister resigns over serial killer case amid reports of lapses in investigating missing persons' reports

https://www.foxnews.com/world/cyprus-justice-minister-resigns-over-serial-killer-case

Notable: Reuters - Foreign Govt. leases at TT stir emoluments concerns

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-emoluments-exclusive/exclusive-foreign-government-leases-at-trump-world-tower-stir-more-emoluments-concerns-idUSKCN1S80PP

Notable: GAA update "CD is OvER"; #8120 - #8171

GAA Update

"CD is OVER!"Edition

I added #8129 to #8171 and updated the checksums.

mega.nz/#F!LPZxEIYJ!N5JwCNoxOxOtAoErKdUgvwa

Webarchive:

8129-8171.zip MD5: 7ad4c3775da6d9d852a16296a7405bf6

HTML:

8129-8171.html.zip MD5: f147c3756064c7c67157c2021e1bed25

The archive now contains 8174 breads.

WWG1WGA

Notable: 2016 JASON Study for 2030 census proposes using Main Address Files, working w/IRS and USPS

Ho ho lads and lasses, that citizen question may not be the only concern for the census. DoD ditched JASON last month. They provide studies for a number of .gov entities. Look at this study for the 2030 census.

https://fas.org/irp/agency/dod/jason/2030census.pdf

https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2019/04/pentagon-jason/

Notable: Project Hammer

Project HAMMER

Notable: Nate Cain son in KY in car accident May 1, >>6389832 Apr 23 hospital too

Nate Cain is the whistle blower who had possession of Clinton Docs regarding the Clinton Foundation and Uranium 1. Q brought him to our attention. The F_I raided his house looking for other evidence even though he had already handed the docs over to Congress.

If this man's woke, and he's obviously targeted, wouldn't you think he'd keep his Autistic son, who's a young man, safely home? He sent him off to a different state so he could be independent. This has been since the F_I raid. Judging from Q's post, Cain's family had already encountered a suspicious situation that left the family feeling disturbed.

The son had an incident a week or so ago, where he dealt with "dissociative amnesia" and was hospitalized and now has been in a car accident and is hospitalized again.

If this was me, I'd be bringing my son home. I would have never sent him in the first place. Anybody been keeping an eye out on this? Something isn't settling with me about it.

Nate Cain's recent tweet about the son's car accident:

My son in KY was just in a car accident. At the ER with whiplash, but ok. Don't know about the car yet. Just can't seem to catch a break. Not sure what God is trying to teach me in all of this, but I could use some prayer. It's been a hell of a couple of weeks, but not giving up.

https://twitter.com/cain_nate/status/1123655270033514497?s=19

Q's drop linked to Nate Cain's tweet. The tweet said this: (Screenshot of Q's drop)

Some very suspicious things have taken place today concerning my family. I can't get into detail, but it left us all more than a little disturbed. Please pray for us and for our protection. For the public record, "I am not suicidal, am in good health, and avoid risky behavior."

https://mobile.twitter.com/cain_nate/status/1105262968793714689

AnonFrens, we need to keep an watch on. Has The Twilight feel.

Notable: MAYday Q post 3170 and B2 (BB) Stealth Bomber

MAYday

MAYday

MAYday

MAYday +2

What drops? Who sizzles? Who fizzles?

A missed countdown? A MOAB in plain sight?

We will see.

Notable: Nightwatch Circling over TX

Nightwatch circling over TX

Notable: Q532 - Tweet Storm Day

I think POTUS' 84 tweets on May 1, qualifies as a STORM.

>>6389524

Notable: Breitbart - 69% want Hussein Investigation

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/01/nolte-69-want-investigation-into-obama-dojs-2016-spying/

Notable: new DJT - continuing to monitor sit in Venezuela w vid

DJT from the :53

didnt see at the end of lb nor at top of this bread

Notable: New DJT - M Witch hunt is OVER! with Hannity vid

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1123787846387630081

Notable: New DJT - CD is OVER! with Tucker vid

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1123786579879833600

Notable: Nationalist Christian Hungary is thriving

Notables..

Nationalist Christian Hungary is thriving – rising marriage rates, falling abortions and highest birthrates in 20 years.

While European nations languish with rapidly declining birthrates, Hungary stands out with rising marriage rates, falling abortions, and its highest birthrate in 20 years, Breitbart reports.

Marriage is up by 43 percent since 2010, while divorce has dropped by 22.5 percent in the same period.

This demographic turnaround has not been an accident, but the fruit of deliberate programs to promote marriage and the family while defending Hungary’s cultural identity and Christian roots.

“After we won the election in 2010 with a two-thirds majority, we decided to build a family-friendly country and to strengthen families raising children”, said Hungary’s Minister for the Family, Catalan Novak.

Standing firm in its position despite fierce opposition from the socialist left, the Orbán government enacted legislation resulting in “a comprehensive family-support system, a family-friendly tax system, a housing program, 800,000 new jobs, and many opportunities to create a balance between life and work”, Ms. Novak stated.

“We are living in times when fewer and fewer children are being born throughout Europe. People in the West are responding to this with immigration”, Prime Minister Orbán said at the State of the Nation address in Budapest in February.

“Hungarians see this in a different light. We do not need numbers, but Hungarian children”, the Fidesz party leader added.

The new law will come into effect July 1 and includes pro-family incentives such as a 3,000 euro mortgage reduction for a second child, a 12,000 euro reduction for a third child, a car-purchasing program for large families, and comprehensive daycare.

As of 2020, mothers with four or more children will enjoy a lifetime personal income tax exemption.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/05/nationalist-christian-hungary-is-thriving-rising-marriage-rates-falling-abortions-and-highest-birthrates-in-20-years/

Notable: Based Chuck Grassley

Repost

Bread 8169 [lb[]

>>6388587

Perhaps the best @ChuckGrassley clip of all time…

twitter.com/DevinNunes/status/1123772117827321856

twitter.com/FaithandFootbal/status/1123702064520073217

Notable: Some interestingly-named 'National Day Of…' dates upcoming

Some interestingly-named 'National Day Of…' dates upcoming

nationaldaycalendar.com/may/

Notable: HRC already making excuses for losing 2020

>>6388647

Hillary already making excuses for losing 2020

Notable: April 2019 Update to Sealed Cases

April 2019 Update to #SealedCases

6,049 new 94,399 entered 10/30/17 thru 4/30/19

Avg: 5,244 per month

Back-up files: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iBS4WgngH8u8-wAqhehRIWCVBQKD8-5Y

Notable: >>6388711 Clip of Based Barr shutting down Da Nang Dick: "No."

>>6388589

Notable: HRC suggested Democratic presidential candidates call on China to interfere in the 2020 election and hack the IRS for POTUS' tax returns

BREAKING: Hillary Clinton tonight on MSNBC suggested Democratic presidential candidates call on China to interfere in the 2020 election and even hack into the IRS and release President Trump's tax returns

twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1123769459016118274

Notable: POTUS has tweeted 80 Times Today

POTUS has tweeted 80 Times Today

Seven more tweets will bring the total to 87.

1787 was the Constitutional Convention.

Also Q drop #1787 mentioned Common Sense (Thomas Paine)

Rod Rosenstein mentioned Thomas Paine in his letter of resignation.

Time will tell.

Notable: New POTUS Tweet

POTUS TWEET

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1123768610810408961

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-real-attorney-general-11556752279

Notable: India's Second Visit To Moon Likely To Begin In July, Says Space Agency

India's Second Visit To Moon Likely To Begin In July, Says Space Agency

The Indian Space Research Organisation plans to release the lander once it is in the Moon orbit and make a soft landing near the South Pole of the moon on September 6.

New Delhi:

The space agency has announced that India's second visit to the Moon under the Chandrayaan-2 mission will most likely be launched between July 9-16 this year.

The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) second mission to the Moon entails an orbiter, a lander and moon rover. The expected soft landing on the moon is likely to take place on September 6, 2019. India's moon rover has been named "Pragyan" or "Knowledge", since India hopes to understand the geology of Earth's closest celestial neighbour through a series of unique experiments.

The Rs. 800-crore mission will be launched using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III (GSLV Mk III) from Sriharikota.

According to a statement by ISRO, Chandrayaan-2 has three modules – Orbiter, Lander (Vikram) and Rover (Pragyan). The Orbiter and Lander modules will be interfaced mechanically and stacked together as an integrated module and accommodated inside the GSLV MK-III launch vehicle.

The Rover is housed inside the Lander. After a launch into the earth-bound orbit by GSLV MK-III, the integrated module will reach the Moon's orbit using Orbiter propulsion module. The Lander will then separate from the Orbiter and soft land at the predetermined site close to lunar South Pole. After this, the Rover will roll out to carry out scientific experiments.

Instruments have also also mounted on the Lander and Orbiter for scientific experiments.

India's maiden mission to the Moon took place in 2008 under the Chandryaan-1 mission which also involved hard landing the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) on the lunar surface on November 14, 2008.

Chandrayaan-1 gave the first ever signatures of the presence of water molecules on the lunar surface.

The second mission was first delayed because a joint collaboration between India and Russia on the lander unit failed to take off after the Russian lander developed problems. India then had to develop the entire lander module on its own which it named the "Vikram" – after Vikram A Sarabhai, also known as the father of the Indian space programme.

Later, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk-II saw two failures in 2010. The ISRO then found out that the re-configured lander "Vikram" had become too heavy to be lofted using the GSLV Mk-II. When the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk-III, also known as the "Bahubaali" became available, the agency decided to use the India's heaviest launcher for the Chandrayaan-2 mission.

The space agency plans to release the lander once it is in the Moon orbit and make a soft landing near the South Pole of the Moon. No other nation has landed on the near side of the South Pole of the Moon yet.

If India succeeds to make a soft landing on the Moon, it will become the forth country after Russia, USA and China to have achieved this feat.

Chandrayaan-2 is ISRO's first mission to land on any celestial body.

https://www.ndtv.com/science/indias-second-visit-to-moon-likely-to-begin-in-july-says-space-agency-2031557?pfrom=home-topscroll

Notable: WJC and HRC to take the stage in Seattle as speaking tour continues

WJC and HRC to take the stage in Seattle speaking tour continues

Keeping an eye on em’

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/bill-and-hillary-clinton-to-take-the-stage-at-seattles-wamu-theater/

Notable: Christopher Steele Map

Updated web of Steele

if there are any plane crashes next week, think of anon

Notable: Bernie Sanders Pushed False Flag Conspiracy Theory About Domestic Bombings

Bernie Sanders Pushed False Flag Conspiracy Theory About Domestic Bombings

9:00 PM 05/01/2019 | Investigative Group

Peter Hasson | Reporter

https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/01/bernie-sanders-false-flag-domestic-bombings/

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed U.S. government agencies may have been behind a string of domestic bombings in 1976.

Sanders floated the conspiracy theory while launching his gubernatorial campaign that year.

Sanders “charged that government agencies like the CIA may in fact be responsible” for the bombings, a Vermont newspaper reported at the time.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders once floated a conspiracy theory about the U.S. government orchestrating domestic bombings for political purposes.

Sanders launched his 1976 campaign for Vermont governor by suggesting that government agencies were behind a string of attempted bombings across the country.

Sanders ran on the Liberty Union ticket — a Vermont political party he co-founded — alongside lieutenant governor candidate John Franco, who also lent credence to the conspiracy theory.

Sanders and Franco “coupled the announcement with a disavowal of terrorist bombings and a charge that many such incidents may be instigated by government agencies to undermine legitimate efforts to bring about change,” the Bennington Banner, a Vermont newspaper, reported at the time.

Two days prior to Sanders’s announcement, eight letter bombs were sent to seven corporations and a business executive across four different cities. Authorities arrested two men, Leon Cordell Horton and Ardis Odell Reed, in 1981 for sending the bombs in what prosecutors said was an attempt to extort money from corporations. Both men were later found guilty.

The Banner’s story made clear the letter bombs and similar domestic attacks were the attacks to which Sanders and Franco reportedly referred as potentially orchestrated by the U.S. government. (Time Magazine noted in 2016 that “protest bombings in America were commonplace” during the 1970s.)

The Banner’s story stated both candidates denounced the “wave of letter bombings aimed at large corporations.”

“Both men said such terrorism is counterproductive to changing the ‘system,’ and charged that government agencies like the CIA may in fact be responsible,” read the Banner’s article, which The Daily Caller News Foundation reviewed in an online newspaper archive.

“Anybody that thinks change is going to come because of bombings or terrorist activity is either extremely stupid, crazy or an agent of the U.S. government,” the paper quoted Sanders saying.

“While [President] Donald Trump raves about a deep state coup and routinely invokes violence when discussing his political opponents, Senator Sanders is proud to have always supported peaceful political change,” a Sanders campaign spokeswoman told TheDCNF in an email.

A request for comment emailed to Franco received an automatic response saying he was out of office.

Attacking intelligence agencies has been a constant feature of Sanders’s political career.

At a 1974 Senate debate — two years prior to his promotion of the false flag conspiracy theory — Sanders said the CIA might be capable of overthrowing the U.S. government, the Banner reported in a contemporaneous article also reviewed by TheDCNF.

“Sanders called the CIA ‘a dangerous institution that has got to go,’ saying the CIA is ‘responsible to nobody except a handful of right-wing lunatics and the big multinational corporate interests,'” the paper reported.

“Sanders said that the CIA has overthrown many foreign governments unfriendly to the U.S. corporations and that they might even be able to overthrow the U.S. government if they chose to,” the Banner’s story added, noting that “Sanders was cheered at one point when he called for immediately disbanding of the CIA.”

When asked about his previous support for abolishing the CIA in 2016, Sanders said he no longer holds that position.

As recently as 2014, Sanders said that the intelligence agencies were “out of control.” (RELATED: 9 Radical Policies 2020 Democrats Are Putting On The Table)

“As you have heard from me, for years now, in my view the intelligence agencies in this country, the [National Security Agency], CIA, are out of control,” he said in an interview.

“We certainly need to know about the torture practiced under the Bush administration and the CIA has got to understand that they work for the American people and the U.S. Congress, they are not an independent entity that can do whatever they want to do,” the Vermont senator added.

Notable: Rachel Maddow, Democrats used misleading Barr video to suggest he lied to Congress, reporter finds

Rachel Maddow, Democrats used misleading Barr video to suggest he lied to Congress, reporter finds

At least the photo kinda makes her look like the demon she is.

Anyone else averaging 2 failed CAPTCHAS b4 getting it right? I'm not much to complain, but frustrating.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rachel-maddow-democrats-used-misleading-barr-video-to-claim-he-lied-to-congress-critics-say

Notable: US Attorney for Utah Huber tweet

ANONS

Honored to have former AUSA and office leader David J. Schwendiman in the office today for a brown bag office alumni visit. Great advice for us shaped by his experiences as an AUSA, a war crimes prosecutor, his work on three Olympics, and @TheJusticeDept's attache in Kabul.

WAR CRIMES

https://twitter.com/DUTnews/status/1123716538249424906

Notable: >>6388143 SYRIA UPDATE

SYRIA UPDATE

Lavrov, Pompeo discuss situation in Syria and return of refugees

“During a phone call, the two sides tackled the humanitarian issues of the situation in Syria, particularly in al-Rukban and al-Hawl camps,” A statement by the Russian foreign Ministry said.

It added the Russian side showed desire to return the refugees to their permanent residence places as soon as possible.

The two sides also discussed the latest developments in Venezuela.

https://sana.sy/en/?p=164768

Syria urges cooperation with North Korea against US economic sanctions

Pak, for his part, said his country attaches great importance to its ties with Syria, and always stands by Syria and supports its stances at various international forums.

The North Korean official then strongly condemned US President Donald Trump’s recognition of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as sovereign Israeli territory, emphasizing that Pyongyang considers the Golan Heights as occupied Syrian land.

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/05/01/594843/Syria-North-Korea-US-economic-sanctions

Militants Continue Attacks On Russia’s Hmeymim Base In Syria

Militants deployed in the Idlib de-escalation zone attempted to attack Russia’s Hmeymim airbase with multiple-launch rocket systems and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) 12 times over the past month, the Russian military said on May 1. According to the statement, all the attacks were repelled. No material damage or causalites were caused.

The head of Russia’s Reconciliation Centre in Syria Maj Gen Viktor Kupchishin revealed that 8 of 12 attacks were carried out with UAVs.

https://southfront.org/militants-continue-attacks-on-russias-hmeymim-base-in-syria/

Authorities find weapons and ammo left behind by terrorists in southern region

The weapons included TOW anti-armor missiles which are delivered exclusively to armies via contracts, LAW shoulder-mounted missiles, Malyutka missiles, GPS and visual targeting equipment, visors, blocks of TNT, mortar launchers, RPG shells, offensive and defensive grenades.

The ammo included tens of thousands of assorted types of machinegun, assault rifle, and sniper rifle rounds, as well as mortar and artillery rounds.

https://sana.sy/en/?p=164747

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Notable: Tucker exposes MSNPC cutting-in to "correct" Barr and Graham.

Tucker exposes MSNPC cutting-in to "correct" Barr and Graham

Notable: Americans can't afford to buy a home in 70% of the Country.

Americans Can't Afford To Buy A Home In 70% Of The Country

Even at a time of low interest rates and rising wages, Americans simply can’t afford a home in more than 70% of the country, according to CBS. Out of 473 US counties that were analyzed in a recent report, 335 listed median home prices were more than what average wage earners could afford. According to the report from ATTOM Data Solutions, these counties included Los Angeles and San Diego in California, as well as places like Maricopa County in Arizona.

New York City claimed the largest share of a person's income to purchase a home. While on average, earners nationwide needed to spend only about 33% of their income on a home, residents in Brooklyn and Manhattan need to shell out more than 115% of their income. In San Francisco this number is about 103%. Homes were found to be affordable in places like Chicago, Houston and Philadelphia.

This news is stunning because homes are considerably more affordable today than they were a year ago. Although prices are rising in many areas, they are also falling in places like Manhattan. Unaffordability in the market has been the result of slower home building and owners staying in their homes longer. Both have reduced the supply of homes in the market.

And the market may continue to create better conditions for buyers. Affordability could improve because of the fact that homes are out of reach for so many seekers, according to Todd Teta, chief product officer at ATTOM Data Solutions. Today’s market is also more affordable than it was a decade ago, before the crisis. Home prices were about the same prior to the crisis, even though income adjusted for inflation was lower.

"What kept the market going was looser lending standards, so that was compensating for affordability issues," Teta said. Since then, standards have toughened (for now, at least).

We recently wrote about residents of New York City who simply claimed they couldn’t afford to live there.

More than a third of New York residents complained that they "can't afford to live there" anymore (and yet they do). On top of that, many believe that economic hardships are going to force them to leave the city in five years or less, according to a Quinnipiac poll published a couple weeks ago. The poll surveyed 1,216 voters between March 13 and 18.

In total, 41% of New York residents said they couldn't cope with the city's high cost of living. They believe they will be forced to go somewhere where the "economic climate is more welcoming", according to the report.

Ari Buitron, a 49-year-old paralegal from Queens said: “They are making this city a city for the wealthy, and they are really choking out the middle class. A lot of my friends have had to move to Florida, Texas, Oregon. You go to your local shop, and it’s $5 for a gallon of milk and $13 for shampoo. Do you know how much a one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment is? $1700! What’s wrong with this picture?”

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-29/americans-cant-afford-buy-home-70-country

See this

Why lower rates didn’t attract more home-buyers to the housing market last week

Lower mortgage rates didn’t attract more homebuyers to the housing market last week.

Mortgage applications fell 4.3% despite a drop in the 30-year fixed mortgage rate from 4.46% to 4.42%, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Wednesday. Rates, however, generally have climbed higher the previous month.

Applications to refinance and purchase a home both fell. Mortgage applications for refinancing decreased 5% from the previous week and applications to buy a home dropped 4%. Mortgage applications for purchases were still slightly above year ago levels.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/05/01/mortgages-mortgage-applications-fall-despite-lower-rates/3640505002/

Notable: Q: Organized Tweet storm.

POTUS has done a lot of tweeting and retweeting today, a tweet storm ?

Notable: POTUS 2 JW videos.

POTUS AGAIN

2 videos

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

Notable: Air Force test launches Minuteman missiles.

Minuteman Missiles

When it absolutely, positively has to be there in 30 minutes or less or the next one is FREE!

Notable: POTUS JW and Mark Levin re-Tweets.

POTUS on another roll

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

Notable: Eric Trump Tweet has a missing [R].

Eric Trump Tweet Has A Missing [R]

Notable: POTUS re-Tweets Eric Trump.

POTUS on another twatter storm ?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

Notable: DJT re-Tweets: Firefighter support and common misconception regarding Mueller's objection.

POTUS retweeting again

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

Notable: Planefag: A-10 thunderbolt callsign ATTACK.

a10 thunderbolt callsign ATTACK

Gotta love it, crazy pattern too

Notable: 2020 campaign finance numbers dig broken down for major democrat candidates.

2020 campaign finance numbers dig broken down for major democrat candidates. 

Notes: Color coordinated overlapping contributors, gray is anything I found interesting that may warrant further attention/monitoring

Analysis below. 

Elizabeth Warren: Backed by big tech and somehow her #nativeamerican alma mater, Harvard and Harvard Law School. Lots of other big universities supporting her as well. 

Kamala Harris: Big tech - Facebook and Google, banks (Wells Fargo - notable resignation from them recently), Stanford, Bad Robot = JJ Abrams, CAA is connected to Rahm Emanuel via his brother, Ari Emanuel (he worked at CAA)

PAUL WEISS ET AL - these guys come up all the time and overlap for 2020 donations as well - needs a dig 

Kirsten Gillibrand: HO LY SHIT. Her old law firm gave her $67,852. Graphics for her attached that will blow your mind on this. Quinn, Emanuel et. al. pop up a lot as well - worth digging on them too. 

Beto O'Roark: Nothing sticks out, looks like a lot of corporate and private money.

Cory Booker: More Paul Weiss (total of 4 candidates supported), private/bank money, big tech, Stanford again - representing its interests on the other side of the country, naturally. 

Pete Buttigieg: Man, this is just too much. Big tech, Paul Weiss again, Amazon (deep state candidate anyone? - they didn't donate to any of the other "frontrunners"), the Minnessota Twins (Somali/Muslim run? Pete is Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, quite a ways away. Also another Quinn, Emanuel et. al.. Oh and Pinterest and CBS Television (watch for him on fluff piece interviews on CBS from now on). The biggest one is that his former employer, McKinsey & Company, is bankrolling him again (see Buttigieg graphic)

And some fashion designer from Uruguay based in NYC but runs her family ranch in her home country - #honkhonk !

Tulsi Gabbard: More Stanford, universities, Hindu American Foundation, State of Hawaii, Linkedin 

Joe Biden: No info, yet…

More thoughts: Notice the absence of any Perkins Coie or known Soros outfits like Act Blue, Open Society Foundation etc.. Looks like they're ditching their old tricks in favor of something new - I'm sure we'll smoke them out soon. 

Godspeed Anons!

Notable: >>6387468, >>6387497, >>6387549 Criminal referral filed against Nellie Ohr.

Breaking: Criminal referral filed against Nellie Ohr concerning congressional testimony after emails surface showing election-year contacts with DOJ

https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1123743778035109888

Notable: Arrest warrant potentially to be issued for Juan Guaido.

https://twitter.com/IdeologyWars/status/1123742165811830785

Notable: Graham on Mark Levin's show.

Based Graham live now.

Speaking with @marklevinshow at 8:30 pm.

LISTEN LIVE:

http://www.marklevinshow.com/

Notable: US Marines: America’s 911 Force.

America’s 911 Force

twitter.com/USMC/status/1123738875212513280

Notable: PG&E seeks U.S. court approval for $105 mln fund to help wildfire victims.

PG&E seeks U.S. court approval for $105 mln fund to help wildfire victims

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 (Reuters) - PG&E Corp on Wednesday sought court approval for a $105 million fund to help house victims of the wildfires blamed on the bankrupt California power provider.

PG&E in a filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in San Francisco said the fund would cover housing and other urgent needs for many who lost homes in the wildfires in 2017 and 2018.

The department said in a report on Wednesday the Camp Fire displaced 83 percent of Paradise's population, contributing to an increase of more than 19,000 people in the population of nearby Chico, which marked the largest numeric population change of any California city last year.

PG&E said its Wildfire Assistance Program was intended for wildfire victims who did not have insurance for their homes or whose insurance for alternate living expenses will be exhausted.

The investor-owned power provider filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January in anticipation of potentially billions of dollars in liabilities stemming from wildfires in California linked to or suspected to be linked to its equipment.

San Francisco-based PG&E in its filing said it believes it is probable that authorities will find its equipment sparked November's Camp Fire, California's most destructive and deadliest fire of modern times.

PG&E said it will enter into discussions with committees representing unsecured creditors and wildfire victims in its bankruptcy to find an administrator for its proposed fund as soon as possible.

If no agreement on an administrator is reached, PG&E said it would ask U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali to let it appoint one.

PG&E will ask Montali at a May 22 hearing to give it the green light to establish its proposed fund.

https://www.nasdaq.com/article/pge-seeks-us-court-approval-for-105-mln-fund-to-help-wildfire-victims-20190501-01467

Notable: New York City babies aborted after 21 weeks outnumber homicides.

From Breitbart: New York City Babies aborted after 21 Weeks Outnumber Homicides

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/30/new-york-city-babies-aborted-after-21-weeks-outnumbered-homicides/

The number of babies aborted in New York City at or after 21 weeks of pregnancy outnumbered homicide victims in 2015.

According to the most recent abortion data available for 2015 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and published by the New York Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the number of abortions at or after 21 weeks was 1,485 while the number of homicide victims was 352.

Notable: Barr makes Da Nang sweat.

>>6386794

He also freaked Da Nang out with moar investigations

I reviewed the tape anons. Da Nang Dick was triggered by Bill during questioning. He kept pestering Bill about the "12-14 cases spawned or spun off from the Mueller investigation". Bill gets sick of it and drops 12- 18 cases. Da Nang sits there for a 3 count, with a shoulder slump, a heavy sigh and breakage of eye contact. Once he remembers he's on TV he gets loud trying to hide the fear. Nothing can stop what is coming Da Nang

Stupid Mazie and that other cocksucker Whitehouse kept saying 14 14 14, trying to see if Bill would correct them. Bill ignored and let em sweat. I like anons theory about Da Nang being one of the referrals. Pic related Fox for the captions but had to go to Compost for Dickie's reaction shot.

All PB

>>6383207

>>6383296

>>6383319

>>6383437

>What is this cocksucker getting at?

>Seemed like he was fishing for info on the referred cases. And he got some. I think the number of referred cases was 12. Barr dropped 18 and Dick got upset

>now that's noteworthy

>possibly confirmed. Stupid Mazie reading her talking points just read 14 referrals

Notable: Based Grassley, spits fire.

>>6386790

Reposting as requested

https://twitter.com/FaithandFootbal/status/1123702064520073217

Notable: Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Espionage.

HOLY SHIT guys..looks like another case of nothing happening..

Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Espionage

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-cia-officer-pleads-guilty-conspiracy-commit-espionage

"A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) case officer pleaded guilty today to conspiring to communicate, deliver and transmit national defense information to the People’s Republic of China. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia, Assistant Director for Counterintelligence John Brown of the FBI and Assistant Director in Charge Nancy McNamara of the FBI’s Washington Field Office made the announcement after Senior U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III accepted the plea.

According to court documents, Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 54, left the CIA in 2007 and began residing in Hong Kong. In April 2010, two Chinese intelligence officers (IOs) approached Lee and offered to pay him for national defense information he had acquired as a CIA case officer. The IOs also told Lee they had prepared for him a gift of $100,000 cash, and they offered to take care of him “for life” in exchange for his cooperation."

Notable: >>6386402 UK has fingerprints everywhere (flowchart)

>>6386213

UK has fingerprints everywhere

Notable: Judge orders Robert Kraft to appear at next court hearing

Judge orders Robert Kraft to appear at next hearing in court

https://turnto10.com/news/local/judge-orders-kraft-to-appear-at-next-hearing

Notable: China Hands Death, Suspended Death Sentences to Canadian, US Citizens

China Hands Death, Suspended Death Sentences to Canadian, US Citizens

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/sentences-05012019173502.html

Notable: >>6386201, >>6386214, >>6386230 FBI Docs open new doors & DIGG request on Cassandra Fairbanks

>>6385982

>What Barr does know is the “Russia hacked the DNC and Podesta and sent them to Wikileaks” narrative that is baked into the Mueller Report is bullshit

What fathers love?

Was Q referencing POTUS?

That was the assumption

I believe it could have been a reference to Gen Flynn and Flynn Jr who got tied in the Seth Rich/Guccifer mess with the Fake MAGAs

FBI document cache sheds light on inner workings of Russia’s U.S. news (and propaganda) network

www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-document-cache-sheds-light-inner-workings-russias-u-s-news-propaganda-network-172317008.html

Bread 3690

>>2917551

I think Cassandra Fairbanks needs more digging.

1. Q mentioned Guccifer today / IMO, that seemed unusual /Fairbanks has a history with Guccifer

2. Q linked to a Fairbanks tweet previosuly regarding Antifa / odd to me given the other choices available to support his comment

3. Q has linked often to Gateway Pundit, which IMO is clickbait and they just copy info from others and aren't really news or journalism / Fairbanks works for GP

4. Fairbanks is very close to Posobiec/Stone/Cernovich and others / see pic of Kavanaugh hearing

5. Also, she worked with Lee Stranahan at Sputnik News

6. She is a common person to many we have looked into / but she, IMO has not fully been looked into

7. Fairbanks is obsessed / I mean OBSESSED in an unhealthy way, with Julian Assange

twitter.com/CassandraRules

sputniknews.com/authors/cassandra_fairbanks/

bigleaguepolitics.com/author/cassandra/

Snip 11

The packet of information Fionda provided to the Justice Department focused on two Sputnik employees: Cassandra Fairbanks and Lee Stranahan.

Fairbanks / Stranahan / Stone / Assange / Flynn Jr / Seth Rich / Hannity / NoName all referenced in article

"Stranahan came to Sputnik in April. He previously had worked at the conservative website Breitbart, under Trump’s former campaign guru and adviser Steve Bannon. The month before he joined Sputnik, Stranahan sent out a tweet boasting that he was the one who “introduced” former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone to Guccifer 2.0, the hacker who obtained emails from the Democratic National Committee that were published by WikiLeaks."

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Notable: New NRA president, Carolyn Meadows, from Marietta, GA is a pioneer in Georgia Republican politics.

New NRA president, Carolyn Meadows, from Marietta, GA is a pioneer in Georgia Republican politics.

https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/new-nra-president-from-marietta-political-survivor/S9zzdwu8sajWsVcARlbg6M/

Notable: Atlanta dodges the liberal straw ban bullet (whew!)

Atlanta dodges the liberal straw ban bullet

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/plan-eliminate-plastics-fulton-county-buildings-delayed/jyTGv1FNsSuiIsHmZ2n16I/

Notable: Florida teachers can arm themselves under new gun bill

BIG!

Florida teachers can arm themselves under new gun bill

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-florida/florida-teachers-can-arm-themselves-under-new-gun-bill-idUSKCN1S74GZ

Notable: >>6386022, >>6385843 Moar planefag updates, including GITMO run

USAF G5 VENUS41 Andrews to Boston

>>6385443 (lb)

Notable: AG Barr declines to testify before HJC

Finally….sauce

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/barr-declines-testify-house-judiciary-committee-n1000951

Notable: Saudi Arabia offers Abbas $10bn to accept US peace plan

Saudi Arabia offers Abbas $10bn to accept US peace plan

Saudi Arabia offered Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas $10 billion to accept the US’ so called ‘deal of the century’, Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper reported yesterday.

Discussing details of a meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Abbas, the newspaper said “according to information obtained by Al-Akhbar, Salman briefed Abbas about the details of the deal of the century and asked him to accept it. According to the information, Salman asked Abbas: What is the annual budget of your entourage? Abbas replied: I’m not a prince to have my own entourage.”

Bin Salman then offered Abbas $10 billion over a period of ten years if he accepts the US peace plan and has the Palestinian government’s base in Abu Dis instead of occupied Jerusalem.

Abbas, however, rejected the offer and said it would “mean the end of my political life,” the report added.

Officials in Ramallah have refused to comment on the revealation.

Abbas explained that the situation on ground leaves him unable to make any concessions on the illegal settlements, the two-state solution and Jerusalem. Abbas confirmed to the Saudi prince that the Americans would not make any sort of written or serious proposals, warning that if the PA is forced to accept an unsuitable proposal, it would dissolve its institutions forcing Israel to take responsibility of the occupied territories.

On 23 April, senior US presidential advisor, Jared Kushner, said that the American peace proposal would be unveiled after the Muslim month of fasting which ends in early June. “We’re going to wait until after Ramadan now,” he said.

Kushner stressed that the deal was not an effort to impose “US will on the region [Middle East]”.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190501-saudi-arabia-offers-abbas-10bn-to-accept-us-peace-plan/

Shekels can buy anything the cabal wants

Notable: PF report-Army VIP G5 R1944 Andrews to NYC

Army VIP G5 R1944 Andrews to NYC

>>6385487

Notable: The White House wants to end TPS for Nicaraguans. Two Miami lawmakers want to keep it

The White House wants to end TPS for Nicaraguans. Two Miami lawmakers want to keep it

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article229895134.html#storylink=cpy

Notable: F-35s Deployed with Wrong Spare Parts Amid Supply Chain Failures, GAO Finds

F-35s Deployed with Wrong Spare Parts Amid Supply Chain Failures, GAO Finds

Because of modifications to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet, spare parts that the U.S. Marine Corps took on its recent deployment overseas were not compatible with its fifth-generation fighters, according to a new watchdog report.

The lapse in supply chain management is one of myriad reasons the F-35 stealth jet fleet, operated across three services, is falling short of its performance and operational requirements, according to officials with the Government Accountability Office.

In a report published last week, the GAO found that spare parts shortages contributed to the F-35's overall lower-than-desired mission-capable rate.

"While DoD is taking various actions to improve F-35 spare parts availability so that aircraft can fly and perform their missions, it will likely continue to struggle to meet warfighter requirements – due to how it is planning for and allocating spare parts," the GAO said.

"F-35 aircraft were unable to fly nearly 30 percent [between] the May-November 2018 time period due to spare parts shortages," according to a summary finding in the report. Furthermore, the Pentagon "had a repair backlog of about 4,300 F-35 parts" in that timeframe, it said.

Only 27 percent of all F-35s were fully mission capable (FMC), or able to complete all of their missions in a wartime or training scenario. Roughly 50 percent of the fleet was considered mission capable (MC), or able to perform at least one of their core functions, the report said.

The GAO said the Pentagon's minimum target for full mission capability should hover around 60 percent, while its day-to-day mission-capable rate should be 75 percent.

The news comes as each service is rushing to meet former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' requirement to raise mission-capable rates for four key tactical aircraft – the F-16 Fighting Falcon, F/A-18 Hornet, F-22 Raptor and the F-35 – to 80 percent by the end of fiscal 2019.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/29/f-35s-deployed-wrong-spare-parts-amid-supply-chain-failures-gao-finds.html

Notable: U.S. Fed sees no strong case for hiking or cutting rates

U.S. Fed sees no strong case for hiking or cutting rates

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady and signaled little appetite to adjust them any time soon, taking heart in continued job gains and economic growth and the likelihood that weak inflation will edge higher.

“We think our policy stance is appropriate at the moment; we don’t see a strong case for moving it in either direction,” Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said in a press conference following the end of the central bank’s latest two-day policy meeting.

Overall, he said, “I see us on a good path for this year.”

Fed policymakers said ongoing economic growth, a strong labor market and an eventual rise in inflation were still “the most likely outcomes” as the U.S. expansion nears its 10-year mark.

“The labor market remains strong … economic activity rose at a solid rate” in recent weeks, the Fed said in a policy statement a day after President Donald Trump called on it to cut rates by a full percentage point and take other steps to stimulate the economy.

The policy statement, and particularly Powell’s insistence the Fed saw no compelling reason to consider a rate cut in response to weak inflation, prompted a modest selloff in stock markets and pushed bond yields higher. The S&P 500 index fell 0.75 percent, its largest daily decline since mid-March.

Interest rate futures also reversed direction, signaling a lower degree of confidence the next Fed move would be a rate cut, exactly the point Powell was driving at in a “stay-the-course” message, said analysts at Cornerstone Macro.

“Nothing of what the (Federal Open Market Committee) did today … should be read as a signal that a future change in policy is coming.”

The Fed also trimmed the amount of interest it pays banks on excess reserves to 2.35 percent from 2.40 percent in an effort to ensure its key overnight lending rate, the federal funds rate, remains within the current target band.

(this is so the money stays free-flowing to the system and nothing moar-they need a spread and this ensures it)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed/u-s-fed-sees-no-strong-case-for-hiking-or-cutting-rates-idUSKCN1S735L

Notable: Protesters disrupt House session over sanctuary cities bill, in Florida

Protesters disrupt House session over sanctuary cities bill, in Florida

https://www.wftv.com/news/florida/protesters-disrupt-house-session-over-sanctuary-cities-bill/945410991?utm_source=homestream&utm_medium=site_navigation&utm_campaign=homestream_click

Notable: Watch this from @tedcruz. He's absolutely right

Watch this from @tedcruz. He's absolutely right.

twitter.com/RepMarkMeadows/status/1123695427054862337

twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1123663729676054528

Notable: Hundreds of thousands of bees killed after hives attacked & set on fire

https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1123694179144601600

Notable: Army VIP G5 R1944 departs Andrews immediately after VENUS41

Army VIP G5 R1944 departs Andrews immediately after VENUS41

>>6385443

Notable: IAFF DIDN'T LIKE POTUS TWEETING ABOUT CA 'WILDFIRES' so they endorsed Biden?

IAFF DIDN'T LIKE POTUS TWEETING ABOUT CA 'WILDFIRES' so they endorsed biden?

https://www.statter911.com/2018/11/11/iaff-says-president-trumps-ca-wildfire-comments-are-reckless-and-insulting/

http://www.pure-spirit.com/more-animal-symbolism/401-bee

Notable: Don’t Call it a Coup. Venezuelans Have a Right to Replace an Oppressive, Toxic Regime.

Don’t Call it a Coup. Venezuelans Have a Right to Replace an Oppressive, Toxic Regime.

West Wing Reads

https://www.whitehouse.gov/westwingreads/

“Tuesday’s uprising is not a ‘coup attempt,’ as the Maduro regime, echoed by too many people abroad, calls it. Rather, it is the latest in a series of legitimate and, for the most part, nonviolent efforts by Venezuelans, both civilian and military, to throw off an oppressive, toxic regime so that they can freely elect a legitimate government,” The Washington Posteditorial board writes.

“Supporters of freedom and democracy should stand in solidarity with Mr. Guaidó and the many thousands of Venezuelans now bravely asserting their rights.”

Click here to read more.

🎬 Watch: A message to all the patriotic citizens of Venezuela

Venezuelan Interim President Juan Guaido “and his supporters are now trying to save their country from Maduro’s misrule. If the military does indeed defect this week, forcing Maduro to leave, Guaido has pledged to quickly prepare Venezuela for real elections,” Eli Lake writes in Bloomberg. “That’s not an anti-democratic coup. It’s a democratic rescue mission.”

“Bad enough that The New York Times published what one of the paper’s own columnists called a ‘despicable’ cartoon containing so many anti-Jewish images that ‘the only thing missing was a dollar sign,’” the New York Post editorial board writes. “Worse, it took more than 24 hours of controversy before the Times saw fit to apologize — after first offering a feeble ‘editor’s note’ citing only ‘an error in judgment.’”

“Border Patrol agents stationed on the U.S-Mexico border arrested a group of 424 people who illegally crossed into New Mexico on Tuesday morning. Authorities said the group is the largest ever apprehended at once,” Anna Giaritelli reports in the Washington Examiner. “Border Patrol’s parent agency, Customs and Border Protection, said the groups are not traveling to the U.S. on their own, they are paying human smugglers and cartels to get them into the U.S.”

“Fifty years ago the U.S. led humanity to the moon,” Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan writes in The Wall Street Journal. “To borrow the words of the plaque left on the lunar surface by Apollo 11: ‘We came in peace for all mankind.’ China and Russia make no such claim. Until they credibly commit to such a course, we must ensure our nation’s military remains the most advanced on Earth—and above it.”

Notable: Louisiana House to debate lethal injection secrecy bill

Louisiana House to debate lethal injection secrecy bill

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/1/louisiana-house-to-debate-lethal-injection-secrecy/

Notable: U.S. hospital set to euthanize elderly woman who says on video ‘I want to live’

U.S. hospital set to euthanize elderly woman who says on video ‘I want to live’

May 1, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A 64-year-old woman with lung cancer is allegedly at risk of being euthanized by a Minnesota hospital, despite having stated emphatically from her hospital bed in a video that is now going viral that she wants to live.

A hospital representative had apparently asked Catie Cassidy if she wanted to “pull the plug.”

“I said NO!” Cassidy exclaimed, recounting the exchange in a video. "I want to live," she said a little later.

She is captured on video, having told the chaplain for Fairview Hospital in Edina, Minnesota — reportedly sent by the hospital to prepare her to be euthanized — that she does not want her oxygen removed and that she wants to live.

The hospital had planned to withdraw Cassidy’s oxygen Wednesday morning, according to Life Legal Defense Foundation (LLDF), which would result in Cassidy’s death by suffocation.

LLDF Executive Director Alexandra Snyder told LifeSiteNews that Cassidy’s healthcare proxy was to meet with the hospital at 11 a.m. Central Time, and that specifics were still forthcoming.

The legal group released the video of Cassidy sharing how she pleaded for her life Tuesday, and said it is pleading with the hospital to provide Cassidy proper care while reviewing legal options.

source: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/u.s.-hospital-set-to-euthanize-elderly-woman-who-says-on-video-i-want-to-live

Notable: Southcomm is observing situation in Venezuela

https://twitter.com/Southcom/status/1123684802379513858

Notable: >>6385443 Planefag updates

GTMO844 Heading out

Notable: massive fire at recycling plant in Knoxville, TN

https://twitter.com/PMBreakingNews/status/1123688569913204737

Notable: U.S. House panel aims for May 15 hearing on Boeing 737 MAX

U.S. House panel aims for May 15 hearing on Boeing 737 MAX - sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is tentatively planning a May 15 hearing on the now grounded Boeing 737 MAX and the Federal Aviation Administration's aircraft certification program, three people briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.

A spokeswoman for Representative Peter DeFazio, who chairs the panel, declined to comment on the date. DeFazio told reporters on Tuesday he planned to hold a hearing on the Boeing 737 MAX and the certification process in the near future.

The hearing is expected to include Acting FAA Administrator Dan Elwell, National Transportation Safety Board chairman Robert Sumwalt and Earl Lawrence, who was named executive director of the FAA's Aircraft Certification Service in 2018, the sources said.

Last month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao named a panel of experts to a blue-ribbon committee to review the aircraft certification process after two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes killed nearly 350 people.

In a March 28 memo to Elwell reviewed by Reuters, Chao said she wanted an "action plan" from the FAA "to reassure congressional oversight committees that the FAA's culture of safety remains not only robust but forward-looking" and to restore "public trust in aviation safety."

She also asked what "measures are needed to reinforce the culture of safety and constantly improve the FAA's oversight functions and offices, including the certification process."

The FAA has for decades delegated some certification duties to Boeing and other manufacturers.

Separately, Senate Commerce Committee chairman Roger Wicker told Reuters on Wednesday he still plans to call Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg to testify at a future date. "I think he'll want to," Wicker said.

Federal prosecutors, the Transportation Department’s inspector general and lawmakers are investigating the FAA’s certification of the 737 MAX 8 aircraft. A joint review by 10 governmental air regulators of the Max's certification started on Monday in Seattle. Sumwalt said in March the NTSB was also examining the certification process "to ensure any deficiencies are captured and addressed."

Boeing has told some 737 MAX owners it is targeting U.S. FAA approval of its software fix as early as late May and the ungrounding of the aircraft around mid-July, two sources told Reuters last month. Boeing has not yet formally submitted the software fix to the FAA for approval.

U.S. carriers have canceled flights because of the 737 MAX grounding through early August.

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/u-house-panel-aims-may-15-hearing-boeing-201105745–finance.html

Notable: President Trump will be interviewed TONIGHT by Trish Regan

President Trump will be interviewed TONIGHT by Trish Regan

Notable: Judicial Watch: Top Hillary Clinton Aide Admits Under Oath that He and Clinton Used Unsecure Personal Email for Official State Department Business

Judicial Watch: Top Hillary Clinton Aide Admits Under Oath that He and Clinton Used Unsecure Personal Email for Official State Department Business

Insists that monitoring Clinton’s illicit use of private email ‘wasn’t really part of my job,’ but adds, ‘I wish she had used a State Department account’

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today released the transcript of a court-ordered deposition of Jacob “Jake” Sullivan, Hillary Clinton’s senior advisor and deputy chief of staff when she was secretary of state, in which the top staffer admits that both he and Clinton used her unsecure non-government email system to conduct official State Department business. A full transcript of the deposition is available here.

Judicial Watch’s court-ordered discovery centered upon whether Clinton intentionally attempted to evade the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by using a non-government email system and whether the State Department adequately searched for records responsive to Judicial Watch’s FOIA request.

In the questioning, Sullivan admitted that he had used his personal Gmail account at times for State Department business but denied that he had sent classified information to Secretary Clinton’s unsecured personal system.

After Judicial Watch pointed out that on January 26, 2010, Sullivan sent a classified email with the subject line “call sheet,” Sullivan testified: “When I sent this email, my best judgment was that none of the material in it was classified, and I felt comfortable sending the email on an unclassified system. The material has subsequently been upclassified but at the time that I sent it, I did not believe that it was classified.”

Sullivan said in the deposition that he had not been concerned about Clinton’s use of a non-government email account, because it was not part of his job:

Like Secretary Clinton has said herself, I wish she had used a State Department account. It wasn’t really part of my job to be thinking about Secretary Clinton’s emails so I don’t think I sort of fell down directly in my job, but do I wish I had thought of it during the time we were at State. Of course. I mean, what human being at this point wouldn’t have thought of that?

Sullivan’s deposition is part of United States District Judge Royce C. Lamberth’s order for senior officials — including Susan Rice, Ben Rhodes, Jacob Sullivan, and FBI official E.W. Priestap – to respond under oath to Judicial Watch questions.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/102119/

Notable: BREAKING: Large police presence reported at Las Vegas high school

BREAKING: Large police presence reported at Las Vegas high school

https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1123688276857167872

Notable: Nicholas Sandmann files $275 mil defamation suit against MSNBC & NBC

https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1123691116010901504

Notable: >>6385181 BREAKING: Military Plane Crashes in Oklahoma

Notable: Missing Children’s Statistics, where are the children?!

Missing Children’s Statistics

https://globalmissingkids.org/awareness/missing-children-statistics/

Notable: Bakers reminder, do not add Q's posts WITHOUT a tripcode to the dough

>>6385007

Repost of Global Notable

ALL BAKERS

Do not add Q's posts WITHOUT a tripcode to the dough.

Graphics compiling them are ok to put in notables, but do NOT put the non-tripcode Q posts into notables.

This is what Q said to do.

Thanks o7

Notable: Glenn Simpson and Lisa Holtyn attended the same conference, the Wilton Park Conference, between June 25 - 27, 2009

Glenn Simpson and Lisa Holtyn attended the same conference, the Wilton Park Conference, between June 25 - 27, 2009, which was hosted in co-operation with Home Office.

https://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/s09-5-programme.pdf

https://twitter.com/The_War_Economy/status/1123491624523374592

Notable: >>6385064 John Solomon Nellie Ohr's 'Hi Honey' emails

First came the text messages between FBI lovebirds Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, which gave us a painful glimpse at potential political bias inside America’s most famous crime-fighting bureau.

Now, a series of “Hi Honey” emails from Nellie Ohr to her high-ranking federal prosecutor-husband and his colleagues raise the prospect that Hillary Clinton-funded opposition research was being funneled into the Justice Department during the 2016 election through a back-door marital channel. It's a tale that raises questions of both conflict of interest and possible false testimony.

Ohr has admitted to Congress that, during the 2016 presidential election, she worked for Fusion GPS — the firm hired by Clinton and the Democratic National Committee to perform political opposition research — on a project specifically trying to connect Donald Trump and his campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, to Russian organized crime.

Now, 339 pages of emails, from her private account to Department of Justice (DOJ) email accounts, have been released under a Freedom of Information Act request by the conservative legal group Judicial Watch.

They clearly show that Ohr sent reams of open-source intelligence to her husband, Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr, and on some occasions to at least three DOJ prosecutors: Lisa Holtyn, Ivana Nizich and Joseph Wheatley.

The contents tracked corruption developments in Russia and Ukraine, including intelligence affecting Russian figures she told Congress she had tried to connect to Trump or Manafort.

“Hi Honey, if you ever get a moment you might find the penultimate article interesting — especially the summary in the final paragraph,” Nellie Ohr emailed her husband on July 6, 2016, in one typical communication. The article and paragraph she flagged suggested that Trump was a Putin stooge: “If Putin wanted to concoct the ideal candidate to service his purposes, his laboratory creation would look like Donald Trump.” Nellie Ohr bolded that key sentence for apparent emphasis.

Such overt political content flowing into the email accounts of a DOJ charged with the nonpartisan mission of prosecuting crimes is jarring enough. It raises additional questions about potential conflicts of interest when it is being injected by a spouse working as a Democratic contractor trying to defeat Trump, and she is forwarding her own research to his department and co-workers.

For instance, the same July 6, 2016, email that forwarded the anti-Trump screed also included research on an oligarch named Rinat Akhmetov, a Ukrainian that Nellie Ohr told Congress she was researching for Fusion for possible ties to Trump.

“Rinat Akhmetov is someone who also was associated with Manafort. Now, he’s Ukrainian, and right now, I can't remember whether people explicitly, you know, pointed to particular organized crime activity that he’s suspected of,” she testified.

Other emails that Nellie Ohr forwarded to her husband and the other DOJ officials contained links to open-source information, such as news articles and academic research, that would later surface as evidence of alleged collusion between Trump and Russia. They included that:

then-Russian ambassador to Washington Sergey Kislyak attended an April 2016 foreign policy speech by Trump. Former Attorney General Jeff Session eventually was forced to recuse himself from the Russia investigation as attorney general in part because he met Kislyak at that speech;

then-Trump campaign adviser Carter Page gave a July 2016 speech in Moscow. Nellie Ohr bolded a passage in the article noting Page’s company “continues to work with Russian investments” and included someone tied to the Russian energy giant GazProm….

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/441580-nellie-ohrs-hi-honey-emails-to-doj-about-russia-collusion-should-alarm-us#.XMoCeaNTrcY.twitter

https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1123686794300669952

Notable: Atlantic hit piece re:memes

Has this been in the notables yet? Hit piece from Atlantic:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/04/california-synagogue-shooting-worse-you-thought/588352/

Notable: USSS Welcomes New Director James Murray

https://twitter.com/SecretService/status/1123683013018177536?s=19

Notable: How Huma met Hillary

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3891194/How-Hillary-Clinton-massaged-embarrassed-Huma-Abedin-s-shoulders-intimate-Chappaqua-jealous-Chelsea-treats-Huma-undisguised-contempt.html

2 min clip of huma on how she met hrc

Notable: Antifa being investigated.

Antifa being investigated.

Notable: White House ordered full security sweep over listening device threat after moving to designate muslim brotherhood as islamic terrorist

White House ordered full security sweep over listening device threat after moving to designate muslim brotherhood as islamic terrorist

https://twitter.com/NetworksManager/status/1123595306795450371

Notable: Sri Lanka: US-Saudi Terror Links to Deadly Easter Bombings

Sri Lanka: US-Saudi Terror Links to Deadly Easter Bombings

As predicted, the Sri Lankan Easter Day blasts which killed hundreds and injured hundreds more – have been connected to the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS).

US Ambassador to Sri Lanka – Alaina Teplitz – would openly claim foreign groups were most likely behind the attacks. Reuters in an article titled, “Foreign groups likely behind Sri Lanka attacks, U.S. ambassador says,” would report:

The scale and sophistication of the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka suggested the involvement of an external group such as Islamic State, the U.S. ambassador said on Wednesday as the death toll jumped to 359.

ISIS itself would also later claim responsibility for the attacks. The Washington Post in an article titled, “Sri Lankan Easter bombings, claimed by ISIS, show the group maintains influence even though its caliphate is gone,” would claim:

On Tuesday, video emerged of the suspected ringleader of the attacks and seven followers, their faces obscured by scarves, swearing allegiance to the Islamic State and its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Islamic State also issued a formal communique asserting responsibility for the attacks, which it said targeted Christians and “coalition countries.”

Absent from US diplomatic statements and Western media reports is any mention of ISIS’ inception, its state sponsors, and even admissions by Western intelligence agencies themselves of Washington and its allies’ role in the terrorist organization’s rise.

More

https://21stcenturywire.com/2019/04/30/sri-lanka-us-saudi-terror-behind-deadly-blasts/

Notable: The stage is set

the stage is set

Barr is boss and Senator Graham now has them in full panic

Attorney General William Barr: "The letter's a bit snitty and I think it was probably written by one of his staff people.

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1123677525861916675?s=21

Notable: TN lawmakers capitulate to Taylor Swift, Amazon & NFL by withdrawing bill that would allow Faith-based adoption agencies to refuse to place children with LGBT families.

TN lawmakers capitulate to Taylor Swift, Amazon & NFL by withdrawing bill that would allow Faith-based adoption agencies to refuse to place children with LGBT families.

Notable: Venezuela: thousands of Venezuelans are now marching through the streets of #Caracas against Maduro

Venezuela: thousands of Venezuelans are now marching through the streets of #Caracas against Maduro

Notable: New House Bill Would Bar Israel From Using U.S. Military Aid to Detain Palestinian Children

New House Bill Would Bar Israel From Using U.S. Military Aid to Detain Palestinian Children

New legislation proposed by Rep. Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat, would ban Israel from using any of the billions of dollars in military assistance it receives from the United States every year to pay for the detention, interrogation, or torture of Palestinian children living under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank.

Israel’s military typically arrests and prosecutes 500 to 700 Palestinian children between the ages of 12 and 17 each year, subjecting them to coercive interrogation, physical violence, and trials in military courts that lack basic guarantees of due process.

McCollum’s bill, HR 2407, would amend the Foreign Assistance Act to prohibit funding for the military detention of children in any country, including Israel. The proposed law would also provide $19 million a year to American, Israeli, and Palestinian nongovernmental organizations to monitor the treatment of children detained by Israel’s army and offer physical and psychological treatment.

“Israel’s system of military juvenile detention is state-sponsored child abuse designed to intimidate and terrorize Palestinian children and their families,” McCollum said in a statement on Wednesday. “It must be condemned, but it is equally outrageous that U.S. tax dollars in the form of military aid to Israel are permitted to sustain what is clearly a gross human rights violation against children.”

In dry legislative language, the factual findings section of the bill paints a devastating picture of injustice sponsored by American taxpayers:

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, there are two separate legal systems, with Israeli military law imposed on Palestinians and Israeli civilian law applied to Israeli settlers. Approximately 2,900,000 Palestinians live in the West Bank, of which around 45 percent are children under the age of 18, who have lived their entire lives under Israeli military occupation.

Since 2000, more than 10,000 Palestinian children have been subject to the Israeli military court system. Israeli security forces detain children under the age of 12 for interrogation for extended periods of time even though prosecution of children under 12 is prohibited by Israeli military law.

The bill notes that Human Rights Watch reported in 2018 that Israel’s security forces detained Palestinian children “often using unnecessary force, questioned them without a family member present, and made them sign confessions in Hebrew, which most did not understand.” Such detentions, the same group discovered in 2015, “included the use of chokeholds, beatings, and coercive interrogation on children between the ages of 11 and 15 years.”

https://theintercept.com/2019/05/01/betty-mccollum-israel-palestine-children-bill/

Now you've been polarized into the left right paradigm can you support what is right?

Notable: Dem. Gov. Maine, Janet Mills, signed a bill into law that makes Columbus Day known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Dem. Gov. Maine, Janet Mills, signed a bill into law that makes Columbus Day known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

https://nypost.com/2019/05/01/maine-changes-columbus-day-to-indigenous-peoples-day/

Notable: French police fire tear gas at May Day protesters in Paris

French police fire tear gas at May Day protesters in Paris

https://nypost.com/2019/05/01/french-police-fire-tear-gas-at-may-day-protesters-in-paris/

Notable: Students in blackface in two states prompt walkout, unrest

Students in blackface in two states prompt walkout, unrest

(Notice pic. for article was whitewashed)

https://nypost.com/2019/05/01/students-in-blackface-in-two-states-prompt-walkout-unrest/